Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress -- the one she wore as an 18-year-old when she married Conrad Hilton Jr. in 1950 -- is slated to be sold at auction at Christie's in London on June 26. The gown, a gift to Taylor from MGM and designed by costume designer Helen Rose, is made of 25 yards of satin with a 15-foot train. It's corseted and embellished with bugle beads and seed pearls. It is expected to fetch about $75,000. [Telegraph]

Christie's also plans to auction off much of fashion critic Suzy Menkes' wardrobe this summer in an online sale July 11-22. The sale includes designer items going back to the 1960s, because, Menkes says, she has never disposed of anything since she headed off to college. [Harper's Bazaar]

Auctions don't always go as expected. Mark Hamill's "Jedi jeans" failed to sell in an online auction in which they'd been expected to fetch as much as $100,000, writes my colleague Adam Tschorn.

Kate Upton appears in the latest Victoria's Secret catalog. That's a little surprising since the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girl was famously snubbed by Sophia Neophitou, the casting director for the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, who said in a New York Times interview in 2012 that she would never cast Upton in the show because “She’s like a footballer’s wife, with the too-blond hair and that kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy.” [The Cut]

Nike has cut ties with Lance Armstrong's Livestrong Foundation in the aftermath of the bicyclist's admission that he used banned performance-enhancing substances. [Los Angeles Times]

Prabal Gurung has been tapped to design new uniforms for All Nippon Airlines flight crews and ground employees. ANA seems to be following in the footsteps of Virgin Atlantic, whose uniforms are getting an upgrade from Vivienne Westwood, as our Adam Tschorn reported here. [WWD]

Denise Garrido of Alberta was crowned Miss Universe Canada on Saturday. But hours later, the crown was revoked when contest organizers said there had been a vote miscount. The real winner was Riza Santos of Calgary ... and Garrido was third runner-up. [The Star]

The tailored, patchwork iterations of denim skirts, jean jackets and even a denim "fur" coat shown at Tom Ford's fall fashion presentation in L.A. last month could be Exhibit A for how far this all-American fabric has risen from its working-class roots. Spring runways at Chloé, Stella...

Young designers are rarely able to live on the sales of their designs alone. They emerge from fashion and design schools unknown, ready to present their digital portfolios to buyers or store owners. Most often, they are turned away.

Goodbye, man bun. Prepping for another film role -- The Joker in "Suicide Squad" -- Jared Leto allowed himself to be shaved and shorn, losing perhaps the most famous male tresses since Samson. [Los Angeles Times]

French sportswear brand Lacoste and American-as-apple-pie J. Crew have collaborated on a spring 2015 polo shirt style for men, women and children that is being sold exclusively through the U.S. retailer.

An extensive private collection of Disneyland memorabilia that went on the auction block over the weekend generated sales of more than $1.7 million by the time the final gavel had come down, with an animatronic bird from the Enchanted Tiki Room fetching the most at $153,400 and a drinking...

'Fashion Police' co-host Kelly Osbourne is leaving the show "to pursue other opportunities," E! confirmed. Osbourne had threatened to quit, after five years, after co-host Giuliana Rancic made some racially insensitive comments about singer Zendaya's Oscar dreadlocks. (Rancic apologized...